Minuartia verna subsp. collina (Neilr.) Domin.

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Taxonomy: Fam. Caryophyllaceae// Genus: Minuartia// Species: Minuartia verna (L.) Hiern.// Subspecies: Minuartia verna subsp. collina (Neilr.) Domin.

Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 1993).

Distribution:  Native from Central Europe to Italy and the Balkan Penisula according to distribution information provided by The Euro+Med Plant Base (source: Marhold, 2011+).

Habitat:  Montane rocky terrains.

Lifeform: Caespitose perennial; chamaephyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Flowering period: Spring to summer (-early fall): MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG (-SEP).

Minuartia verna subsp. collina  – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Minuartia verna subsp. collina  – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Minuartia verna subsp. collina  – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Minuartia verna subsp. collina  – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Minuartia verna subsp. collina  – inflorescence. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Minuartia verna subsp. collina – flowers and fruiting capsules. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Minuartia verna subsp. collina – flower and fruiting capsules. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Minuartia verna subsp. collina – flowers. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Minuartia verna subsp. collina – flower. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Minuartia verna subsp. collina – flowers. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Minuartia verna subsp. collina – spent inflorescence. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Minuartia verna subsp. collina – capsules. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Minuartia verna subsp. collina – plant base with sterile stems. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Minuartia verna subsp. collina – plant base with sterile stems. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Minuartia verna subsp. collina – plant base with sterile stems. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Minuartia attica subsp. attica – plant base with sterile stems. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Minuartia verna subsp. collina – sterile stems. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Minuartia verna subsp. collina – sterile stems. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Minuartia verna subsp. collina – sterile stems. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Minuartia verna subsp. collina – habit. Scale in cm. mm. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Minuartia verna subsp. collina – flowers and capsule. Scale in mm. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Minuartia verna subsp. collina – size of flower. Scale in mm. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Micevski, K. (1993). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. 1, Book 2. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Minuartia verna subsp. collina. Marhold, K. (2011+): Caryophyllaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/8764a45e-82d5-4bab-83d9-1d73ef58cdc5 [Accessed 12.09.2022].

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